[Freeciv-Dev] Re: A rouge client from the trenches

[Mike Kaufman <kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 10:44:47PM +0200, Arnstein Lindgard wrote:
> I wrote:
> > > I've been hacking my client a bit. My goal is to make it possible to move
> 
> You wrote:
> > mapctrl.c: In function `bg_focus_zero':
> > mapctrl.c:87: parse error before `char'
> > mapctrl.c:89: `msg' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > mapctrl.c:89: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > mapctrl.c:89: for each function it appears in.)
> > mapctrl.c: In function `butt_down_mapcanvas':
> > mapctrl.c:434: parse error before `struct'
> > mapctrl.c:435: `packet' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > make[3]: *** [mapctrl.o] Error 1
> > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> 
> Strange, I get no errors when compiling with gcc 3.0.3 on my upgraded
> redhat 60. Please excuse my ignorance, but is it a sin in 'C' not to
> declare your stuff at the absolute beginning of the functions?

yes. it's a sin. you need to declare at beginning of scope, so

  if(foo) {
    int a;
  }

is ok too.

3.0.3 has cut me slack as well on occasion...

-mike